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Midwest Farmers Gaining Optimism

Kyle Wolfe — Sat, 25 May 2013 10:00:03 +0000

Optimism for Crops in Midwest; Dire Straits in the West (via Climate Central) By Daniel Yawitz Follow @dyawitz When it comes to this year’s drought, it seems like good news never arrives without bad news to match. Even as drought receded from the Upper Midwest this week, conditions deepened and intensified all across the Southwest.

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Six Facts Lost in IRS Scandal

Guest Writer — Fri, 24 May 2013 10:00:19 +0000

Six Facts Lost in the IRS Scandal by Kim Barker and Justin Elliott, ProPublica In the furious fallout from the revelation that the IRS flagged applications from conservative nonprofits for extra review because of their political activity, some points about the big picture – and big donors — have fallen through the cracks. Consider this our Top

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Oils: Making Oils from Plants

Elizabeth Blessing — Thu, 23 May 2013 10:00:58 +0000

How oils are made Last week’s blog post, Types of Fat and Rancidity, discussed the different types of fats found in food and how fats go rancid. This week’s focus will be on the different processes used to create vegetable oils from plants. Some of these processes expose the oils to the dangers of rancidity

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Global Capital and the Nation State

Guest Writer — Tue, 21 May 2013 11:00:57 +0000

Global Capital and the Nation State (via www.laprogressive.com) As global capital becomes ever more powerful, giant corporations are holding governments and citizens up for ransom — eliciting subsidies and tax breaks from countries concerned about their nation’s “competitiveness” — while sheltering their profits in the lowest-tax jurisdictions they can…

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Yoga Relieves Worker Stress

Todd Smekens — Tue, 21 May 2013 10:00:18 +0000

Yoga as a Form Of Corporate Stress Management (via Sydney Corporate Yoga) In a corporate environment one of the things that makes a critical difference for employees is a relaxed congenial environment. The headquarters of Google is one of the most productive places in the world and every idea that comes out of the Google

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Gannett Editor Applauds American Socialism

Todd Smekens — Mon, 20 May 2013 07:00:18 +0000

(Photo courtesy of www.sharari.com) Gannett Editor Applauds American Socialism Last week, Muncie Voice shared an article on our Facebook page called, Everyday Socialism, American-Style, Is Happening Now, which was an excerpt from Guy Alperovitz’s new book called, What Then Must We Do: Straight Talk About the American Revolution, and almost right in line with the

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IRS Nonprofit Division: Dysfunction Rules

Guest Writer — Sun, 19 May 2013 11:00:21 +0000

(photo courtesy of NY Times) How the IRS’s Nonprofit Division Got So Dysfunctional by Kim Barker and Justin Elliott, ProPublica The IRS division responsible for flagging Tea Party groups has long been an agency afterthought, beset by mismanagement, financial constraints and an unwillingness to spell out just what it expects from social welfare nonprofits, former

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Benghazi: The Three Myths

Guest Writer — Sat, 18 May 2013 10:30:38 +0000

Three Benghazi myths (via GlobalPost) Benghazi Analysis: There are at least three myths that have grown up around the terrible events on Sept. 11 of last autumn. Nicholas Burns Editor’s Note: Nicholas Burns is GlobalPost’s senior foreign affairs columnist. He writes a bimonthly column on the international issues that shape our world. CAMBRIDGE,…

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Rooftop Solar Owners vs Utilities – The Battle Begins

Kyle Wolfe — Thu, 16 May 2013 10:15:18 +0000

Rooftop Solar Owners vs Utilities – The Battle Begins (via Clean Technica) This article originally appeared on RenewEconomy. You don’t have to go too far into a document prepared by the US-based Edison Electric Institute (EEI) to realise what is at stake for centralised utilities from the threat of rooftop solar. The EEI, a trade

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Types of Fats and Rancidity

Elizabeth Blessing — Thu, 16 May 2013 10:00:24 +0000

Types of Fats and Rancidity Author is Elizabeth Blessing, MSN, Green Bean Delivery Last week’s blog post on Fabulous Fats discussed the vital roles fats play in the human body. This week, we will look at the different types of fats, chemically speaking, as well as rancidity. Triglyceride is the most common form of fat

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